First up this week, I have a final finished project that I zoomed through this past week. This is the Mountain Ridge scarf (a free pattern on Ravelry), and I used up the leftover almost full skein of Hedgehog Fibres Sock and Kidsilk Haze that were the remnants from a sweater project last year. I… Continue reading Year of Projects 2023: Week 9
Month: February 2023
Friday Finishes – February 24, 2023
I missed talking about books on Wednesday so you get some bonus content today as I have a finished knitted object and some finished reads to talk about. First up, I finished the Dragonstone Socks. Design is by Sammilyn and yarn is Lanitium Ex Machina's Basic Sock in the color Slumber. These are Game of… Continue reading Friday Finishes – February 24, 2023
Year of Projects 2023: Week 8
This month is flying by. I feel like we just started the year, and yet, we're heading into the last full week of the second month! Here's what I've been working on this week. (I am still working towards my cast-on goal of 31 projects in Jan/Feb and you can see that list over here.… Continue reading Year of Projects 2023: Week 8
FO Friday: Beach Walk Blanket
It is done! A long-term project I started last April, and the first really big crochet project I decided to tackle after learning how to crochet just a couple of months before. Pattern is by Marion Mitchell of Wool.Thread.Paint. I highly recommend her patterns. They come with extensive instructions with steps illustrated with photos (the… Continue reading FO Friday: Beach Walk Blanket
What I’m Reading Wednesday: February 15, 2023
I feel like I need a catchier, alliterative naming convention for reading Wednesday posts. Hm...... This week, just one finished book, but it was a good one! Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher is a fantasy that feels like an old-fashioned fairy tale with a new fresh approach. Marra is the youngest of three princesses… Continue reading What I’m Reading Wednesday: February 15, 2023
Year of Projects 2023: Week 7
Progress continues along on various things. I am about 75% finished the Carrasco cowl using the 4-color sportweight gradient from The Unique Sheep. I have 2 more full pattern repeats to go to finish up the first of my Dragonstone Socks (plus the plain rounds at the toe), and I have decided to try to… Continue reading Year of Projects 2023: Week 7
January/February 2023 Starts
No FO's today and this post may not be of much interest to readers, but I wanted to document my new starts for the beginning of 2023 to keep a record for myself of this for the 3 challenges I'm using the new starts for in the first two months of the year. My goal… Continue reading January/February 2023 Starts
What I’m Reading Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Just one finished book to talk about this week: Beheld, by TaraShea Nesbit. I picked this one up because I have another of this author's books on my TBR (The Wives of Los Alamos) that I am looking forward to. Beheld also focuses on two wives in the early years of the Plymouth colony in… Continue reading What I’m Reading Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Year of Projects 2023: Week 6
I missed posting my FO of the Florence hat on Friday, so let's do that first, shall we? Design is from JP Knits and Knits (Jen Paroccini) and is one I test knit when it originally came out about a year ago. Like all of Jen's patterns, it has a a wide range of sizes… Continue reading Year of Projects 2023: Week 6
What I’m Reading Wednesday: February 1, 2023
I wound up ending with several finished books over just a couple of days at the end of January, so let's start with a few brief reviews. Eager, by Ben Goldfarb: A natural science nonfiction title that looks at the impact of beavers on (mostly) the US's economy and land expansion in the early years… Continue reading What I’m Reading Wednesday: February 1, 2023
Knit One, Spin Too 